yea so i have never heard of these being used or reccomended in hi-pro setups...is this something that is reccomended? would it be a good idea to purchase? or is it an unneccessary expense? thanks...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW


oops my bad...this is the link...

 

IMO unnecessary. I wouldn't trust anything off ebay in my engine anyways.

 

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it still amazes me how quick to judge people are when they just hear EBAY...they have darton sleeve eagle rods TONS of skunk2 stuff ARP hardware and so on...all on ebay, and still people slam it, i dont mean to be rude but ive had tons of luck and hardly any back luck on ebay, why would you make an ignorant statement like that?

 

I left out "unless it was namebrand". Chill. I don't trust people anyway, remember the TEIN incident?

 

People dont hate ebay,they just hate the stuff that are replicas and copies. Most no branded **** on ebay is garbage. I defintaly wouldnt use some bs like that in my engine.

 

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it must suck not trusting ppl...anyway what happened with TEIN?

 

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it must suck not trusting ppl...anyway what happened with TEIN?</TD></TR></TABLE>
People were selling fake TEIN stuff on ebay but claiming it was TEIN. See why I don't use ebay?

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Thank you.

 

ok but back to my initial question...do i need something like this for turbo? ive not heard of a sleeve saver or block guard being used? and what is it used for?

 

The picture on that ebay auction just gave me a seizure. You know it must be quality, they used like 10 different colored fonts!

 

I would leave the stock sleeves as they are or have the engine sleeved.

It is mainly to keep the sleeves in place under high load like a closed deck design would do. Personally, I have seen plenty of power made on stock sleeves without a block guard, so I think they are unnecessary.

If you are set on the blockguard, I would first buy something from a reputable company. Then, you have to install the blockguard correctly. This doesn't involve beating it into place with a hammer while the engine is still in the car. You have to have it fitted, welded in, and the cylinder bores checked for any out-of-round that may have occurred while installation.